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Lawrence Eagleburger Quotes

One nuclear war is going to be the last nuclear - the last war, frankly, if it really gets out of hand. And I just don't think we ought to be prepared to accept that sort of thing.

Lawrence Eagleburger

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: diplomat
Nationality: american
Birth: August 1, 1930 - June 4, 2011

Topics

War Think Be Prepared Accept Hand

I've never had a record in my life. People would buy somebody a record for their birthday or Christmas or something like that. People used to play records in their houses. I used to borrow. I only had about 10 records. That's all I needed. And I'd borrow them from anybody.

Jimmy Savile

Life Birthday People My Life Play

It's always nice to end your sentences with an exclamation mark, and not a comma.

Joey Santiago

End Nice Always Mark Your Sentences

I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed.

Jerome K. Jerome

Nature Men Young Want Weed Middle

There's magic all around us: Our smartphones are magical, 3-D printers are magical. So I feel that as a magician, if I can pull off something that seems real and convincing enough that I can explain why it's happening and have people believe it, it really is fascinating. And funny.

Michael Carbonaro

Funny People Believe Enough Magic

You ask a politician a question, like, why they ran in an election, and you'll hear, I assume, something about wanting to contribute to the community or bring about social justice. I had no such high goals.

Amitava Kumar

Goals Community Justice You Election

This is other people's money that Washington is appropriating and spending.

Stephen Fincher

Money People Washington Other

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.

Robert Dale Owen

God Wisdom Courage Consequences

I started playing guitar back in '56. I was a teenager, and guitars had just come in, and I had a thing for it and got one. Started learning lead breaks from songs, because that was the easiest thing to do at the time. I had the guitar for two years before I learned any chords. Really.

Roger McGuinn

Learning Time Guitar Back Two Lead

I am most supportive of organizations whose goal is to increase the living situation of those less fortunate than myself.

Rosanna Pansino

Myself I Am Goal Situation Living

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat.

Brendan Behan

Spiritual New York You Place Go New

I think I must be the only British actor who's played both Stalin and Trotsky. I need to play Lenin so I can make it a triptych.

Brian Cox

Think I Can Play Actor Need British

You've probably heard the stories about how io9 got its name. And maybe you know that io9 co-founder Charlie Jane Anders and I were inspired by Kathy Keeton, whose groundbreaking magazine 'Omni' combined coverage of real science with science fiction. But what you probably don't know is how unlikely it was that io9 ever succeeded at all.

Annalee Newitz

Science Name You Know Real Fiction